Los Angeles' beach communities are ideal for learning how to surf and watch the experts catch a wave and Wyatt Boyd is a bit of a show off. Before my son, Alex, and I start a beginner surfing lesson, instructor Wyatt catches a couple of waves to demonstrate how it's done. Of course, as the quintessential California boy, former varsity team surfer a...

​You are looking for an experience of a lifetime. An adventure that does not break the bank or take 20 hours to get to.  You want something off-the-beaten path, something you can brag about discovering first. Does something like this really exist?  I am here to tell you it does, in Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico and it is called a chalana tour, o...

From late May to mid-October, the nine vessels belonging to the Maine Windjammer Association offer 3- to 6-day vacations along the coast of Maine. Carrying between 16 and 40 passengers, this is the oldest and largest fleet of working sailing vessels in North America.Most of the windjammers have been designated National Historic Landmarks. Sailing o...

The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls, including the halls of the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium, as well as galleries for temporary exhibitions. It is home to the T...

​ The Colorado Cattle Company & Guest Ranch, a member of the Dude Ranchers' Association, has 800 head of cattle grazing thousands of acres of Colorado grasslands. The ranch owns some 70 well-bred and highly trained quarter horses selected for good bloodlines, great training and sensible attitude. Guests will get an average of 50 hours of horseb...

21 November 2015 to 31 January 2016 St. Augustine, the USA's oldest city stages Nights of Lights, during which the city's historic district is lit by more than 3 million white lights. Historic buildings, museums, local businesses, the Bridge of Lions, the city's bay front walkway, hotels, bed & breakfast inns and private residences all take par...